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California - History

Description

Approx. 15 items: miscellaneous historical articles, reproductions of early maps, lists of state governors, various events, a glossary of California (place) names, related items; multiple pages copied from California - a remarkable state's life history by John W. Caughey, 1970; copy of multi-page article, American Heritage, 6-7-/1979, pp. 63 - 77, "To a distant and perilous service"; complete issue of Westways, 7/1976, w/ notecard, "Westways issue entirely dedicated to California...(incl.) early California...early Los Angeles"; 9 black and white postcards featuring historic images of the city of Corona, California circa 1890-1930.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1882, 1936, 1975 - 1976, 1979, 1984
Call number
mssLAT
Creator
Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The Los Angeles Times,
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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